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NAL Social Studies 1-4 2019

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the most populous country.

a)

Russia

b)

China

c)

United States

d)

Vatican City

2.

Identify a South American country currently in a civil war.

a)

Brazil

b)

Canada

c)

Croatia

d)

Venezuela

3.

Name the two most common causes of death in young adults.

a)

Violence, mental disorders

b)

School, self harm

c)

Injury, violence

d)

Depression, anxiety

4.

Name the most intense tropical cyclone to strike the Bahamas and the first major hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season.

a)

Dorian

b)

Irma

c)

Harvey

d)

Andrea

5.

Name the current Prime Minister of the UK.

a)

Nancy Pelosi

b)

Theresa May

c)

Boris Johnson

d)

John Major

6.

Name the Most powerful drug trafficker in the world, previously the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and goes by the name "El Chapo".

a)

Chapman Hernandez

b)

Jackal Herrera

c)

Joaquin Guzman

d)

Cartel DeManns

7.

Name the Vice President of the US

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Mike Pence

c)

Nancy Pelosi

d)

Joe Biden

8.

What the language was used to send decoded messages in WWII.

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Ute

d)

Navajo

9.

Name the first man to walk on the moon

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Boris Jackson

d)

Percy Guzman

10.

Name the former Prime Minster of UK

a)

Boris Johnson

b)

Theresa May

c)

Elizabeth II

d)

The Duke of Sussex

11.

Name the president of Ukraine.

a)

Ivan Lyubov

b)

Oleksiy Kateryna

c)

Volodymyr Zelensky

d)

Fedir Rostyslav

12.

Give the name for a scheduled withdrawal of UK from the European Union.

a)

UK Government crisis

b)

Brexit

c)

Maastricht treaty

d)

Dorian

13.

Name the first powerful hurricane of the 2019 hurrican season.

a)

Harvey

b)

Irma

c)

Dorian

d)

Katrina

14.

Give the area that a measles outbreak occurred in in 2019.

a)

Portland

b)

Seattle

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Las Angelos

15.

Give the name for the monetary value of all finished goods and services made within a country during a specific period.

a)

Gross Domestic Profit

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Global System for Mobile

d)

Missing in Action

16.

Give another name for an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Feudalism

d)

Capitalism

17.

Give another name for a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Democracy

d)

Feudalism

18.

Give another name for a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Marxism

d)

Socialism

19.

Give another name for a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

a)

Marxism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Feudalism

20.

Give the name for an IRS Form that is the simplest of the three tax forms you can use to file your federal income taxes. If your taxable income is less than $100,000, you don't claim any dependents and you file as single or are married filing jointly, then you may be eligible to file this form.

a)

W-2

b)

W-4

c)

1040A

d)

1040EZ

21.

Define "barter".

a)

Obtain goods or services in exchange for payment.

b)

The exchange of a good or service for money.

c)

To accept the truth of a concept.

d)

To exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using money.

22.

State the largest export of Canada.

a)

Maple syrup

b)

Automotive

c)

Wheat & other grains

d)

Tobacco

23.

Give the name for goods produced and used to make other goods and services.

a)

Exports

b)

Imports

c)

Capital Resources

d)

Materials

24.

Define "competition" in economic terms.

a)

The activity or condition of competing.

b)

An event or contest in which people compete

c)

The person or people with whom one is competing; the opposition.

d)

Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.

25.

Define "cooperation" in economic terms.

a)

The formation and operation of cooperatives.

b)

Assistance, especially by ready compliance with requests.

c)

The process of working together to the same end.

d)

The action of working with someone to produce or create something.

26.

Give the term for the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.

a)

Economy

b)

Deficit

c)

Bankrupt

d)

Mortgage

27.

Define "high demand" in economic terms.

a)

Greatly sought after; desired or required by many people.

b)

When not many people want a commodity and there is an excess of it.

c)

Occurs when many people want a commodity and there is not much of it.

d)

None of the above.

28.

Name the meaning of the acronym "IRS"

a)

International Revenue Service

b)

Idol Retaining Society

c)

Crazy Tax People

d)

Idiots Running Society

29.

Name the term for the part of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity.

a)

Microeconomics

b)

Macroeconomics

c)

Import

d)

Export

30.

Name the term for the part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual decisions.

a)

Macroeconomics

b)

Microeconomics

c)

Export

d)

Import

31.

Give the term for the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

a)

Macroeconomics

b)

Monopoly

c)

Export

d)

Import

32.

Give the term for resources and theoretically limitless wants.

a)

Scarcity

b)

Barren

c)

Food Desert

d)

Infinity

33.

Give the name for a maximum security federal prison in the US that was closed because of high expenses.

a)

Pentagon

b)

Alcatraz

c)

Azkaban

d)

ADX

34.

State the world's largest man-made excavation, also known as the Kennecott Copper Mine.

a)

Las Bambas Copper Mine

b)

Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine

c)

Morenci

d)

Grasberg Mine

35.

Name the first stop for immigrants coming into the US East Coast in 1892.

a)

New Jersey

b)

The Statue of Liberty

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Chesapeake Bay

36.

Name the place with the lowest elevation in the US

a)

Los Angleos

b)

Death Valley

c)

Zion National Park

d)

Yellowstone National Park

37.

Name the fault that had it's most recent earthquake in 1957 in California.

a)

San Fransico Fault

b)

San Antonio Fault

c)

San Andreas Fault

d)

Los Angelos Fault

38.

Name the tallest mountain range in Oregon and Washington.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Cascade Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Swiss Alps

39.

Give the name for a dormant stratovolcano near Portland, Oregon.

a)

Mount Saint Helens

b)

King's Peak

c)

Pilot Peak

d)

Mount Hood

40.

Give the name of a large mountain range in California and Nevada that contains Lake Tahoe, Mount Whitney, and Yosemite Valley.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Sierra Nevadas

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Swiss Alps

41.

Give the name of a national park in Montana established in 1910 that is slowly melting

a)

Glacier National Park

b)

Yellowstone National Park

c)

Yosemite National Park

d)

Zion National Park

42.

Give the name of the national park that includes the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the continental army.

a)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

b)

Acadia National Park

c)

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

d)

Valley Forge National Park

43.

Give the name of the bay located in Coos County, Oregon

a)

Coos Bay

b)

Willard Bay

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

Cape Cod Bay

44.

Name the river that runs south bound through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, and Mexico out to the Gulf of California.

a)

Missouri River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Snake River

45.

Name the lake in Oregon that was formed 7,700 years ago by a volcanic eruption that caused a tall peak to collapse.

a)

Bear Lake

b)

Crater Lake

c)

The Great Salt Lake

d)

Providence Lake

46.

Give the name of a two cities with the same name, one in New Hampshire and the other in Virginia.

a)

Enterprise

b)

Portsmouth

c)

Philadelphia

d)

England

47.

Name the capital of California.

a)

San Antonio

b)

San Francisco

c)

Sacramento

d)

Los Angelos

48.

Name the largest US state.

a)

California

b)

Alaska

c)

Texas

d)

Montana

49.

Name the smallest US state.

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Hawaii

c)

New Jersey

d)

Maryland

50.

Name the largest state East of the Mississippi River

a)

Mississippi

b)

Missouri

c)

Michigan

d)

Minnesota

51.

Name the slogan on the current Alaskan licence plate series.

a)

Gray Line Alaska

b)

The Last Frontier

c)

The Final Frontier

d)

North to the Future

52.

Name what is featured on the current Michigan licence plate series.

a)

Peninsulas of Michigan, the Mackinac Bridge, and the Great Lakes.

b)

"The Wolverine State"

c)

"In God We Trust"

d)

10,000 Lakes

53.

Name what is featured on the current Oklahoma licence plate series.

a)

A California Gull

b)

A Utah Raptor

c)

A Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher

d)

An Appaloosa

54.

Name what is featured on the current Texas licence plate series.

a)

Black Lettering on a White Background

b)

The Alamo

c)

A Cowboy Riding a Bull

d)

"Green Mountain State"

55.

Name what is featured on the current Vermont licence plate series.

a)

Green Lettering with "Green Mountain State"

b)

An Arch from Arches National Park

c)

Mount Rainier

d)

A Wave with "The Ocean State"

56.

Name the states bordering Arizona.

a)

Colorado, Nevada, California, New Mexico

b)

Utah, Montana, California, Wyoming

c)

Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Calofornia

d)

New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California

57.

Name the states bordering Kansas.

a)

Nebraska, Colorado, Arkansas, Texas

b)

Oklahoma, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee

c)

Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri

d)

Montana, Oklahoma, Idaho, Oregon, Minnesota

58.

Name the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico

a)

Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida

b)

Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Louisiana

c)

Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Zealand, Texas

d)

New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico

59.

Name the state with the second longest coastline.

a)

Alaska

b)

Florida

c)

California

d)

Hawaii

60.

Name what a Quaker was

a)

A member of the Religious Society of Friends

b)

A member of the Baptist Church

c)

A member of the Roman Catholic Church

d)

A member of the Puritan Church

61.

Name the battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.

a)

Battle of Bull Run

b)

Fort Sumpter

c)

Battle of Shiloh

d)

Gettysburg

62.

Give the name of the website that is an international non-profit organisation that publishes news leaks, and classified media provided by anonymous sources.

a)

Wikipedia

b)

Wiki how

c)

Wikileaks

d)

Wikiwhoknowswhat

63.

Name the person next in line for the president

a)

Vice President

b)

Speaker of the House

c)

Secretary of Defense

d)

Secretary of Financing

64.

Name the head of the US cabinet.

a)

Secretary of Defense

b)

Vice President

c)

Speaker of the House

d)

Secretary of Homeland Security

65.

Name the current US Secretary of State

a)

Mike Pence

b)

Mike Pompeo

c)

Mike Wazowski

d)

Mike Trout

66.

Name the steps that a bill has to go through before becoming a law.

a)

Goes through House of Representatives and the Senate, goes to the President, if vetoed goes back to House of Representatives and Senate and their votes can override it.

b)

Goes to the House of Representatives and the Senate, goes to the President, if vetoed, is thrown out

c)

Both of the Above

d)

None of the above

67.

Name how the power of the president is kept in check.

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

They have ultimate power

c)

The Supreme Court has more power

d)

The Senate can vote to put a law through without letting the president see it.

68.

Name the term of office for the House of Representatives.

a)

4 years

b)

6 years

c)

2 years

d)

8 years

69.

Give the term for "a complete enumeration of a population"

a)

Head Count

b)

Enumeration by Mail

c)

Census

d)

Talk About Yourself

70.

Define "Epluribus Unum"

a)

All

b)

In complete balance

c)

One out of many

d)

Ultimate power

71.

Name the first state to ratify

a)

Delaware

b)

Hawaii

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Maryland

72.

Define "checks and balance"

a)

Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated.

b)

The highest judicial court in a country or state.

c)

The lower house of the United States Congress.

d)

The smaller upper assembly in the US Congress.

73.

Name the 3rd president of the USA that also wrote the Declaration of Independence.

a)

Alex Jackson

b)

James Madison

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

74.

Name the 1st president, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia

a)

George Wahsington

b)

John Adams

c)

John Quincy Adams

d)

George Washington

75.

State the 2nd president of the USA, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Madison

76.

Give the name of an Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry and also believed he was called upon by God to end slavery.

a)

John Adams

b)

John Brown

c)

Rutherford B Hayes

d)

James Madison

77.

Name the 19th president of the USA that also ended the reconstruction of the South.

a)

John Brown

b)

Rutherford B Hayes

c)

James Madison

d)

James A Garfield

78.

Name the Lakota war leader who took up arms against the US government to fight against the settling of white American settlers in the West

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Crazy Horse

c)

Molly Pitcher

d)

Nat Turner

79.

Name the founder of the Shakers that started the United Society of Believers in Christ Second Appearing.

a)

Mother Ann Lee

b)

Mother Teresa

c)

Molly Pitcher

d)

Betsy Ross

80.

Name the person that commanded the Union forces until he was fired for never attacking and being too kind to the soldiers.

a)

George Washington

b)

George McClellan

c)

Nat Turner

d)

John Winthrop

81.

Give the nickname given to Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley for having fought in the American Battle of Monmouth

a)

Ann Lee

b)

Mary Wesley

c)

Molly Pitcher

d)

Betty Crocker

82.

Give the name of a Sioux chief who led the attack on Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

a)

Crazy Horse

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Geronimo

d)

Pontiac

83.

Give the name of the slave who led the Nat Turner rebellion in Virginia and was unsuccessful.

a)

Virginia White

b)

Joseph Brant

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Wilma Mankiller

84.

Name the Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Mike Pence

b)

Mike Pompeo

c)

John Winthrop

d)

None of the Above

85.

Define "arson"

a)

The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

b)

A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

c)

Denoting work undertaken without charge, especially legal work for a client with a low income.

d)

The illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax.

86.

Define "Felony"

a)

The illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax.

b)

Denoting work undertaken without charge, especially legal work for a client with a low income.

c)

A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

d)

The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

87.

Define "Pro Bono"

a)

A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

b)

The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

c)

The illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax.

d)

Denoting work undertaken without charge, especially legal work for a client with a low income.

88.

Define "Tax Evasion"

a)

Denoting work undertaken without charge, especially legal work for a client with a low income.

b)

The illegal nonpayment or underpayment of tax.

c)

A crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.

d)

The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

89.

Name the country that is a landlocked country in South Asia and is located mainly in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

a)

Wakanda

b)

Nepal

c)

Kenya

d)

Egypt

90.

Give the name for the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

a)

Manufacturing Era

b)

Renaissance

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Reformation

91.

Give the name for a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Constitution

d)

Libertatum

92.

Name the most revolutionizing invention created during the Renaissance.

a)

Sliced Bread

b)

Printing Press

c)

Viola

d)

Tent

93.

Name the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in WWII

a)

Fat Man

b)

Little Boy

c)

All of the Above

d)

None of the Above

94.

Name what the Discovery Space Shuttle was transporting.

a)

Moonwalkers

b)

Supplies for ISS

c)

Communication Satellites

d)

Rovers

95.

Define "oligarchy"

a)

A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

b)

A type of government system where people vote for leaders.

c)

A type of government system where people vote on each different problem.

d)

A small group of people with similar professions that band together to drive others of that profession out and create a monopoly.

96.

Name the former Prime Minister of Libya who was assassinated in 2011 and had a net worth of $200 billion.

a)

Kim Jung Un

b)

Erna Solberg

c)

Justin Treadeau

d)

Muammar Al-Gaddafi

97.

Give the name of an Athenian philosopher from the Classical period in Ancient Greece that founded the Platonist school of thought, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Gallileo

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

98.

Give the term for the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honor, courtesy, justice, and a readiness to help the weak.

a)

Fief

b)

Chivalry

c)

Serf

d)

Squire

99.

Define "fief"

a)

The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

b)

An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.

c)

A man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area.

d)

An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

100.

Define "serf"

a)

A man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area.

b)

An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

c)

An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.

d)

A man of high social standing who owns and lives on an estate in a rural area, especially the chief landowner in such an area.

101.

Define "squire"

a)

A young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight before becoming a knight himself.

b)

The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

c)

An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

d)

An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate.

102.

Name the main weapon of WWII.

a)

M1 Garand

b)

M1903 Springfield

c)

M1917 Enfield

d)

M1941 Johnson

103.

Name the country that is bordered by Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama

a)

Argentina

b)

Chile

c)

Columbia

d)

Ecuador

104.

Name the Largest country in the Western Hemisphere.

a)

Russia

b)

USA

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico

105.

Name the capital of Cuba

a)

Santiago de Cuba

b)

Havana

c)

Varadero

d)

Cienfuegos

106.

Name the capital of Jamaica

a)

Negril

b)

Ocho Rios

c)

Kingston

d)

Montego

107.

Name the capital of Japan

a)

Tokyo

b)

Fukuoka

c)

Hiroshima

d)

Osaka

108.

Name the capital of Poland

a)

Krakow

b)

Wroclaw

c)

Warsaw

d)

Gdansk

109.

Name the capital of Russia

a)

Saint Petersburg

b)

Moscow

c)

Yekaterinburg

d)

Nizhny Novgorod

110.

Name the capital of Finland

a)

Jyväskylä

b)

Helsinki

c)

Rovaniemi

d)

Lappeenranta

111.

Name the world's tallest above ground mountain

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Kanchenjunga

c)

Nanga Parbat

d)

K2

112.

Give the name for the eight island archipelago along the Santa Barbara Channel located off the coast of Southern California.

a)

Hawaii

b)

Galapagos Islands

c)

Channel Islands

d)

Malay Archipelago

113.

Give the name for the chain of islands near South America where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection by studying the unique life there.

a)

Malay Archipelago

b)

Hawaiian Islands

c)

Galapagos Islands

d)

Ryukyu Islands

114.

Give the term for a politically organized body of people under a single government

a)

Country

b)

Nation

c)

Democracy

d)

Feudalism

115.

Give the name of a dam on the Columbia River that produces the most hydroelectricity in the US.

a)

Grand Colombian Dam

b)

Grand Coulee Dam

c)

Grand Hirakud Dam

d)

Guri Dam

116.

Give the name of an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Ancient Sumerian

c)

Chinese

d)

Japanese